George C. Burling

George Childs Burling (17 February 1834-24 December 1885) was a Union Army colonel who commanded the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.

Biography
George Childs Burling was born in Burlington County, New Jersey in 1834, and he was educated in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He worked as a coal merchant and militia officer before becoming colonel of the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. Burling was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862 and again at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, and he was promoted to brigade command at the Battle of Gettysburg two months later. He resigned on 4 March 1864 because of ill health, and he and his wife moved to a farm outside of Philadelphia, where he died in 1885.